In other words, what we have here is a law that limits Constitutional law within his State so that the discrimination allowed by religion, from persecuting gays, to stoning unmarried sexual partners to keeping slaves will be allowed again without the Government stepping in and saying "this is not who we are".

AND, although the GOP insists through it's word manipulation (or plain avoidance of words which also proves deception towards it's constituents by the GOP) that this is a "Religious Freedom Bill", the American people can understand than religious freedom is about being to live without discrimination while allowing discrimination "for religious reasons" is exactly what the Constitution was written to avoid. As one communities prophet would be a sorcerer in another ... or simple blasphemy could have reached execution status in societies that fall to fear and gossip as thier main modes of communication.

The Founding Fathers saw this problem in thier own society and wrote the Constitution to stop religious people from following scripture in it's discriminatory capacity so people could live if they weren't religious or were from a different religion or sect than the dominant religious group in the society. The law the GOP is calling "Religious Freedom Bill" could just as well be called "Religious Discrimination Bill" if it wasn't for the word games the GOP is playing to try and confused the facts around the issues to misinform it's base and the American people to whatever extent it can.IN one image, this is the law the GOP is seeking to pass with it's "religious freedom" bills;

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Quotes

"Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it. It will turn to gold. Resurrection will be now. Every moment, a new beauty." - Rumi

"God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that." - Joseph Campbell

"Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so. How often have we not seen the truth condemned! It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history." - Carl Jung

"Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society." - George Washington

“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.” - Dalai Lama

“Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison. When the door is so wide open?” ― Rumi